Al Qaeda in Europe
Title | Al Qaeda in Europe PDF eBook |
Author | Lorenzo Vidino |
Publisher | Prometheus Books |
Pages | 403 |
Release | 2009-12-04 |
Genre | Political Science |
ISBN | 161592311X |
Written by an expert at The Investigative Project, a counterterrorism institute and America's largest private data-gathering center on militant Islamic activities, this text fills a critical gap in the understanding of the new threats posed by Islamist terrorism.
The Rise and Fall of Al-Qaeda
Title | The Rise and Fall of Al-Qaeda PDF eBook |
Author | Fawaz A. Gerges |
Publisher | OUP USA |
Pages | 270 |
Release | 2011-09-14 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 0199790655 |
The author re-evaluates the threat posed by Al-Qaeda following a decade of war.
The Rise and Fall of Osama Bin Laden
Title | The Rise and Fall of Osama Bin Laden PDF eBook |
Author | Peter L. Bergen |
Publisher | Simon and Schuster |
Pages | 416 |
Release | 2022-08-02 |
Genre | Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | 1982170530 |
The world’s leading expert on Osama bin Laden delivers for the first time the “riveting” (The New York Times) definitive biography of a man who set the course of American foreign policy for the 21st century and whose ideological heirs we continue to battle today. In The Rise and Fall of Osama bin Laden, Peter Bergan provides the first reevaluation of the man responsible for precipitating America’s long war with al-Qaeda and its decedents, capturing bin Laden in all the dimensions of his life: as a family man, as a zealot, as a battlefield commander, as a terrorist leader, and as a fugitive. The book sheds light on his many contradictions: he was the son of a billionaire yet insisted his family live like paupers. He adored his wives and children, depending on his two wives, both of whom had PhDs, to make critical strategic decisions. Yet, he also brought ruin to his family. He was fanatically religious but willing to kill thousands of civilians in the name of Islam. He inspired deep loyalty, yet, in the end, his bodyguards turned against him. And while he inflicted the most lethal act of mass murder in United States history, he failed to achieve any of his strategic goals. In his final years, the lasting image we have of bin Laden is of an aging man with a graying beard watching old footage of himself, just as another dad flipping through the channels with his remote. In the end, bin Laden died in a squalid suburban compound, far from the front lines of his holy war. And yet, despite that unheroic denouement, his ideology lives on. Thanks to exclusive interviews with family members and associates, and documents unearthed only recently, Bergen’s “comprehensive, authoritative, and compelling” (H.R. McMaster, author of Dereliction of Duty and Battlegrounds: The Fight to Defend the Free World) portrait of Osama bin Laden reveals for the first time who he really was and why he continues to inspire a new generation of jihadists.
Al Qaeda
Title | Al Qaeda PDF eBook |
Author | Paul L. Williams |
Publisher | Alpha Books |
Pages | 272 |
Release | 2002 |
Genre | History |
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This book explores the history of Islam and the cultural, political, and socio-economic forces that have cultivated an environment that nurtures terrorism and idolizes its leaders.
Military Studies in the Jihad Against the Tyrants
Title | Military Studies in the Jihad Against the Tyrants PDF eBook |
Author | Paul Rich |
Publisher | Routledge |
Pages | 176 |
Release | 2015-01-01 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 9780714682747 |
Global Jihadist Terrorism
Title | Global Jihadist Terrorism PDF eBook |
Author | Paul Burke |
Publisher | Edward Elgar Publishing |
Pages | 352 |
Release | 2021-04-30 |
Genre | Political Science |
ISBN | 1800371306 |
This insightful book provides a unified repository of information on jihadist terrorism. Offering an integrated treatment of terrorist groups, zones of armed conflict and counter-terrorism responses from liberal democratic states, it presents fresh empirical perspectives on the origins and progression of conflict, and contemporary global measures to combat terrorist activity.
Holy War, Inc.
Title | Holy War, Inc. PDF eBook |
Author | Peter L. Bergen |
Publisher | Simon and Schuster |
Pages | 324 |
Release | 2002-06-04 |
Genre | Political Science |
ISBN | 9780743234955 |
CNN's terrorism analyst examines Osama bin Laden's global terrorist network, al-Queda, discussing its operations and mission, the planning and execution of specific terrorist acts, and future threats from militant Islamic movements.